I would have to give up But I´m thankful that I´m Strong as I am and I´ll Try to do the best I can Tears will run swift And tears will come that fall like rain I pray that it´s swift though Tears will fall as cold as pain I see them gathered, see them on

Somebody have mercy And tell me what is wrong with me When I think about how she do me, The tears fall down like rain, like rain I'm goin' down to the bus station With a suitcase in my hand, yes I am With a matchbox hole in my clothes, yes I am Sometimes

Hear their heartbeat We hear their heartbeat Midnight, our sons and daughters Cut down, taken from us In the wind we hear their laughter In the rain we see their tears Night hangs like a prisoner Stretched over black and blue In the trees our sons stand

I've dethroned the king of contradiction Or were you just a jester all along, a simple pawn? Don't you know you can't count your tears like your money Running down the drain You don't need to pray for me 'cause I'm not the one to blame I can't wait to

She let it slip away, away, away They all feel the same 'Cause no one will love you like her Adjust to the fame And die with a smile She has no recollection Of the life she had without me It's so sad it had to be this She forgot the good things about me

I would have to give up But I´m thankful that I´m Strong as I am and I´ll Try to do the best I can Tears will run swift And tears will come that fall like rain I pray that it´s swift though Tears will fall as cold as pain I see them gathered, see them on

No, that's the rain in the same old blues Now the sun turned to rain Morning rain keep on falling Like the tears that fall from my eyes And as I sit in my room Staring out at the gloom I can't help, I can't help but remember Have the sun that would shine

Mama said knock you out I'm gonna knock you out Don't call it a comeback I been here for years Rockin my peers and puttin' suckas in fear Makin' the tears rain down like a monsoon Listen to the bass go boom! Explosion, overpowerin' Over the competition,

Buckets of rain Buckets of tears Got all them buckets comin' out of my ears Buckets of moonbeams in my hand You got all the love Honey baby, I can stand I've been meek And hard like an oak I've seen pretty people disappear like smoke

(Joe Callicott) Drop down baby, just like showers of rain I hate to hear my fair brown call my name, yeah I hate to hear my fair brown call my name Well, she calls so loud, and the poor girl calls so plain Walks to the station, tears running down I got